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Timo Glock, Nico Hülkenberg and Sebastian Vettel support the national side, who play Australia today.
Hi this is World Cup Day 3 and this is Alex Andronov. I am writing this from my holiday in France where the world cup also takes place, it being the cup of the entire world. During the England vs USA match this is how the situation looked here. Inside the room at the end of the video the television was on and we could hear sort of what was going on (well in theory above the angry bees).
Lets deal with the tie situation...
So in the England game yesterday there was a tie between the teams and this has caused a small amount of angst. But that's fine don't panic we are prepared. The English invented football and we are used to these kinds of things. Famously you can play Cricket for five days, stopping for lunch each day, and still not have a winner. In fact we are so keen on disappointment that in cricket there are two ways not to have a winner. You can have a draw which is that nobody won the game (you have to get all your opponents out to win) or you can have a tie when both teams scored the exact same score. The equivalent difference in F1 terms would be a tie being two divers driving over the line at exactly the same time whereas if nobody completed the race then it would be a draw (no silly half points).
The problem is that, in football, there isn't really a good system to deal with ending the game with a single winner. Extra time was introduced relatively recently*, and only as recently as 1970, penalty shootouts were brought in. But the problem with penalty shootouts is that they aren't the same as the rest of the game they are just one aspect. It's like somebody saying in F1, lets just have qualifying instead of the race. It might be fun, and exciting, but it's too much of just one bit of it. It used to be, back in the beginning that the teams would share the trophy if they teams tied. The point being that if neither of them wanted to win it then neither of them deserved to win it had to be a tie.
When asked yesterday what would happen if everyone tied all the way through I nodded sagely and said, "Goal difference". But, "No", they countered, there can't be goal difference if everyone tied". "Ahhh," I said, "well, then it goes to most corners and stuff I think."
This is the kind of knowledge I bring to these kind of discussion, I think that's probably why I'm doing this guest post.
(Actually it would be the ones with the most scored goals because of course everyone could have been tieing all over the place but with different numbers of goals, if it's still tied after that they just draw lots for it!!!)
Perhaps this is all a bit involved...
If you've been reading all of this and thinking, "see this is why I don't like football it's all this crazy rules and everything" then I have decided to explain the situation in terms that should be understandable by everyone.
First of all there are some people who shout: "Goal!!"
These are the fans, like you and me.
Then there are the some people who shout: "Referee!!!"
These are the other fans, who know about the rules.
Then there are those who look knowledgeable and say: "Offside"
These are the referees and Christine.
Then there are the 20 odd people who run around and kick the ball and things
These are the main players who have cool names like "Striker" and "Goal Attack".
Then there are 2 people who can touch the ball
These are the goal keepers or "Goal Defence"
And that's it
Although I may have got a bit confused with netball towards the end
Who is playing today
Today we have the crunch match of Algeria versus Slovenia, followed by local boys Ghana versus the mighty Serbia and finally relative newcomers Germany versus Australia.
- Algeria v Slovenia - 12:30 (GMT +1)
- Serbia v Ghana - 15:00 (GMT +1)
- Germany v Australia - 19:30 (GMT +1)
One last thing...
Haven't you got a song that we can listen to about football which will get stuck in our heads for the whole of the tournament and drive us mad?
Yup.
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* I have actually had a bit of trouble tracking down the exact date that it was introduced. I mean we all know that stoppage time was introduced in 1891 after the Stoke vs Villa match when the Villa goalkeeper kicked the ball out the ground to stop there being a chance of an equalising goal (the equivalent of Rascase and Schumacher) but extra time seems a bit more mysterious.
I love this post. Goal Attack, that is a language I can understand :D
Hahahah, excellent post Alex :)
Knights of cydoniain the Slovenia/Algeria buildup :D
Also Lou will be happy to know Go Do by Jondi is one of the theme songs for ITV's world cup presentation :)
*Jonsi, damned lack of typing ability
Ah. Now i think i understand. Thanks Alex!
17 of 23 players for Algeria were born in France. Now thats cheating.
Hey folks
hold on, is Alex confusing this game with netball?
They look like Lotus.
If these two can play just like this all game, it might help England. This is awful
There don't seem to be many attempts at a goal.
Not just that, the passing is shocking.
Dr Who PING!!
http://wibblywobbly.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/the-lodger-what-goes-up-mustnt-come-down/
Be fair a lot of French players like Zidane were born elsewhere so it balances out
I had no idea there were so many football/F1 crossovers. I don't think I am going to look at the game the same again
:)
Great post Alex!
Zizou is born in Marseilles. Just like dear Samir Nasri. Of the current squad, only Florent Malouda is born in the French Guiana instead of France itself.
Oh, and hello everyone! :D
Hello there, I see you come as someone decides that the goal might be a good place to do something in.
I thought he was from somewhere in north Africa. I am clearly confusing him with someone else.
:D I just came in from a lovely dinner of steak and steamed greens.
They've all suddenly woken up. Perhaps it took them half an hour to warm up.
I just woke up from dreaming something ridiculous happened at Le Mans
They have half an hour to warm up before the game.
Oh. They're just rubbish then.
Probably Claude Makelele. He was born in Congo.
Egypt should be there. Much better team.
I stopped watching it once the Peugeots were no longer dominant. :(
Only because of the world cup could we be sitting here watching Algeria vs Slovenia
+1
I want to watch Germany.
A lot of teams just don't want to lose a goal early in a game - especially their first game - so they don't take any risks for 20-30 mintes. Then they decide if they score a goal that is probably better than both teams defending when no-one is attacking
Vettel vs Webber should be good
I mean Germany vs Australia
I want to see Germans win in all sports today. #comeonSebastian
Germany v Australia should be a good match... shame I'll miss the 1st half. Ghana v Serbia could be either a goal fest or the greatest defensive battle seen.
They are expecting 18,000 to go watch it at the Melbourne live site. At 4.30am! In the middle of winter!
I'd be tempted though, if I actually had tomorrow off. And I had someone else to go with.
Goalkeeper could play for the interesting hair team
Actually scratch that, Ghana v Serbia will be the greatest defensive battle ever seen.
I think Cisse could easily top that. :P
Or David James.
Serbia is quite good going forward. But their goals are usually from set pieces so hope for a stop-start game.
Slovenia is really looking offensive now. That was quite a good shot.
I;m sure Vidic will munch down anyone who gets in his way anyways
Serbia will probably meet Spain in the semi-finals if they can go that far. I can't wait to see Vidic's face when he realises he'll have to contend with Torres AND Villa. :D
S'alright, he'll just get himself sent off 10 minutes in ;)
OMG Hanson has been getting fashion advice from EJ
Lets put it simply
If England can't beat these teams, we truely are rubbish.
It is his birthday today so maybe he's celebrating fashionably
I sincerely hoped that Capello was joking when he said that it would be a failure not to be in the finals. Now his renewed contract may be publicly burned in Times Square.
First time I have seen the American goal. Oh dear
BBC coverage goes
Talk about the game for a minute
England analysis
Talk about englands next game
Remind fans about england
Remember there is another game on
What's the verdict of England's performance yesterday?
What happened to your name?
How can you talk about that game for more than a minute?!!!
If England don't get to at least the Quarter Finals, it will be a failure for me
Indeed. I thought only Calamity conceed goals like that but he may have infected the whole squad. :P
They could've stretched it out!
for like, 2 minutes
:)
If we don't score as many against Algeria and Slovenia as USA do, we could play Germany. Which will inevitably go to penalites, which we will inevitably get beat in.
ooh true enough.
I heard someone who seemed to know about football say "they failed to play football"
If this is the case we should replace them all.
Which isnt a bad idea, send back all 11 of them, they werent good enough, why not let 11 other people have a go?
Oh yeah
I guess I got Bassano'd last night
That it explains it. THought it might have been an imposter
Yes! I want to watch Russia! #andreifan
I thought he might only be a clapper in Ireland.
:D
I have decided that David James should be the starting goalkeeper for England
So how come you're friends with Muse?
I have to confess I didn't know who Muse were! My musical taste is very eclectic within hip-hop and more so in dance music, but if you ask me about a band I haven't got a Scooby Doo. There was a couple of guys who'd mentioned Muse in the couple of years I've lived in Devon and I said, 'Ok fine, whatever'. Then Chris (Wolstenholme, bass) was invited to a Halloween party a few years ago and we got chatting.
We get on with each other. They had the concert in Teignmouth last summer and I was invited down because I was injured, so we watched England play Slovenia round at his house and then jumped in a car and went down to the concert which was really fantastic. But all of a sudden I was hearing these songs thinking, 'Hang on, I recognise this one!', then I realised who they were!
http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=8589&title=david_james_there_s_always_been_a_link_b&more=1&c=1
That might guarantee the whole team can fly back to Europe in time for the Spanish or Dutch stops on the Muse tour. Which may not be a bad thing.
Huh, Jake has just randomly appeared on the world cup about F1
Zizou!!! He looks happy. :D
Zinedine Zidane played up front for the Rest of the World XI in a Soccer Aid charity match last week. His partner up front.
Mike Myers. Yes, Austin Powers.
It was the Belfast hen night, they got me drunk!
And Mike Myers played better than him.
Well I bet Mike distracted the defenders while Zizou shipped the goals. :D
He did :D
Zidane was rrrrrrrrubbish
Benzema could have played for Algeria. Well at least that would've got him to the world cup...
... Headache? Or stomach-ache from laughing. :P
:D
Well, 45 minutes of this match to live through.
Played for France in the lower levels so not allowed to play for other countries now.
No, he can. Tons of these Algerians played for France at youth level.
Apparently that rule has changed now. I think players can play up to either under 19 or under 21 then switch countries
I wonder if they will believe a bad French accent that sounds oddly welsh
*scribbles out Lukinho plan*
Sounds Brazilian.
Up to under 21. But Karim played before the rule changed.
Thanks
Ops. Corrected.
Much better 2nd half so far
There are more highlights in the players' hair than on the pitch
tame effort. :(
Hehe, I didn't realise the last person to score both France and Algeria's last world cup goals was Zidane...
Although not the same one ;) just the same name.
Actually Zizou is of Algerian decent. But he chose to play for France.
15 minutes to go. Audi 29 laps up on the first non-Audi
OOPS wrong thread
Even tamer effort. What is the defense doing?
Someone should tell the New York Post something about this is wrong
http://www.nypost.com/rf/image_lowres/nypost/2010/06/13/news/photos_stories/world_cup035853--480x180.jpg
I find the fox silhouette on the Algerian kit quite cool. All national teams should have a cute animal as their mascot. Unlike a rooster.
:D Least they didn't say tied.
:D
oooh. Red Card.
What an absolute muppet.
Ooh a sending off!
You get yellow cards for handball?
Does he secretly want to be a goalkeeper?
+1
Will Slovenia capitalize or become France v0.000002?
Delibrate handball, yes.
I thought the ref was going to do a Graham Poll there, took ages to get the red out.
Yes.
You never know.
missed it
Like we said yesterday christine, no picking it up and throwing it at someone if it hits you :P
Double yellow. The upstart substitute. Reminds me for the Uru-Fra match.
Indeed, both sending offs have been subs
I see. So I would have to be a goalkeeper then.
I thought you were the referee?
Ooooooooooh defender fail
Stupid defender.
Oooh.
A lot of goalkeepers want to referee games
Actually the goalkeeper shouldn't have passed it to the defender when the attacker is so close in the first place.
We know what were doing.
gooooooooooooal!
SLOVENIA SCORES!
Now that was the keepers fault
Goal!
Lotus scored :)
Interesting celebrations.
I love the world cup celebrations :D
on the world cup 2010 game you can just fall over face first into the floor. Best celebration ever, I want someone to do it
Didn't even have body behind the ball, shocking.
Missed that as well. I need more eyes
:D They are better than Virgin anyway.
http://www.easportsfootball.co.uk/media/play/video/18767767
Link is quite loud, silly volume
Is that bad for England?
If Algeria can't equalize, yes.
Because it means Slovenia will lead the group. :D
They are in the same group as England but Englnd surely won't lose to these two teams when they play them
surely.
As long as there are no penalties
Dahveed just... died.
its such a bizarre celebration :D
Spain's celebrations are usually so violent (broken fingers and all), this seemed so peaceful in comparison.
That is ace!
There are like, 40 different celebrations on there. My favourite is running onto the goaline and moonwalking as well as that dive :)
Build up to the next match has started on ITV. You just can't get a break today
That is what will happen for the next 2 weeks since there will be 3 matches each day and the break between match 1 and 2 is just half an hour.
Awesome celebration: http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c71692/media/image/201006/phplYAVr9Sloveniacelebrate.jpg
Would Mike Gascoyne approve
I like the 3rd guy from the left. He's really enjoying himself there
I think all teams practice celebrations except for England. Stevie G just did his usual routine. :(
BBC picked a panormaic view of Cape Town with a beautiful backdrop.
ITV picked a standard view of Johannesburg, with a stadium in the background somewhere, with a lot of nothing in between.
My commentary is building up to the Ghana-Germany clash between the Boatengs.
A bit like the Schumachers really.
I love hearing Jonsi on the ITV coverage :D
Interesting stat
From OliverKayTimes
It's the Ghana keeper's birthday! Will he have a happy one?
I have a buzzing in my ear again.
The official charity of this tournament should be something to do with tinnitus
Groups D and E are officially awesome. I love it.
I still think G will be the most entertaining.
I think that group is quite dull the more you look at it. I love these groups, any one of them could literally qualify. Its brilliant.
They just shot from kick off???
An impudent start, he said.
Well we shall see. I am counting on N. Korea to be the underdog that comes good.
:D
I do that on the FIFA and World Cup game I mentioned. Clearly theyve been watching me
Lots of teams are in white, aren't they?
International kits have no originality. Just like F1 teams.
White is a popular flag colour
#blameApple
Where as wales have red or yellow/green
#justsaying
For some reason a lot of the African teams play in green
oooooooooh Chris Coleman is commenting!!!! yay!!!
The only Welshman who made it to South Africa...
Almost every African flag contains green
Symbolic of the earth I guess
Is that good?
:)
he's making a nation PROUD.
Europeans teams also like blue. And call themselves blue while they're at it.
Very subtly putting the hip into him.
That's not a very soft landing.
Ghana look like they could play great attacking football all week and never score. As soon as they get within 10-12 yards of goal they look clueless
I love Alex's explanation of football
Pure Giggles :D
the longest right leg? someone else has the longest left?
Just read it. Seems good to me. Someone needs to explain to him that even if every game in a group is drawn one team can still be group winner on goals scored though
More gadget legs?
Crouch.
must. half a gadget.
Cynical foul
:)
Oooooooooooooh that was a fantastic cross in
sun city still exists?
I must admit I had a smile at the thought of how the people who started it would feel about the Ghana team staying there.
It makes a lot of money for the tax man so it is still there
oh. Bad landing there. :(
they have a chain called one & only and they run this...
http://www.atlantisthepalm.com
Chesney Haks is in Sun City? ;)
ha.
silvio must have a something to say about that :)
:D
My w has gone awol now
Looks like you have to wear yellow boots to be in the Ghana wall. How odd
Marking system. Wall in yellows, goal keeper in orange, dead ball specialists in red.
That goalkeeper is scary!
Same again. 4 players in the wall all wearing yellow boots
Good system
Goalkeepers are known for being crazy and shouty
have you met rg?
I don't want to be one of them then.
Nope
Serbia is really quite innovative with their free kicks. I am starting to fancy them for the odd 1-0 win.
I'm quiet usually, not when I'm playing football though.
no, me neither thinking about it.
I think 0-0. Ghana do great build up then don't seem to know how to turn that into goals and Serbia just don't convince me yet.
i'm not having it. shouty rg doesn't work for me.
You can't be quiet when your in goal, just doesn't work.
+1
San Iker is said to lambast the Real Madrid defense before every dead ball situation whether they are doing well or not. :D
I spent a season watching a team with a keeper who wouldn't shout or speak. Soul destroying. He was good at everything else but lost a load of goals
This ball is bouncing all over the place. Any normal ball and that keeper would have save it easily.
did they change it just to be awkward?
I suspect so. It is behaving practically like that beach ball.
This happens every world cup. Adidasbring out a new ball they say is the bestest, roundest most perfectest ball ever and everyone else says it is rubbish
:)
why is round good though? surely we've been able to manufacture a perfect sphere for about 40 years. it must be non-round by choice?
A ball is never perfectly round because of the joins between the panels and because it is inflated plastic which changes shape with heat, humidity air pressure inide and out
Serbia much more offensive now. Kick up the behind by the manager?
The chance of the game.
The officials in this match are quite lousy. Either that or they are almost falling asleep due to boredom.
I fancy getting all the teams, and get them on a shooting course. Some of the finishing has been rubbish
:D practice penalties. (esp for England?)
When it comes to that stage, yes.
He should get a red card for that
who? the Serb?
How did Serbia end up with the decision?
Yes. He bodychecked the Ghanaian
The previous one should have gone Ghana's way, but for the last one the striker threw himself at the defender when he realized he had no where to go. Looked like a partial dive to me.
Bodychecks usually only get yellow cards, if even that.
I have argued that with a lot of referees. To me if a defender just body checks a player he should go straight off.
Aw. Big guy goes off.
EPL is especially guilty of giving alot of leeway for bodychecking.
I think that's why Vidic fears Torres. He does bodychecking quite a lot, but Torres (unlike most other strikers) tends to shrug it off or even shove him away.
Another send off. This WC is high on red cards isn't it?
Another red card? We're seeing more reds than goals.
I officially think that that official ought to be sacked. Immediately.
Missed that as well. Too much sport this weekend
Aw.
Which team lost a player?
Serbia, Lukovic, second yellow apparantly.
Thanks
Soooo close!
Serbia, man down, with best chance of the match
I've been so *pumped* for this world cup, but 3 days in and it's left me feeling very flat.
The games have been boring, low scoring affairs - and the Vuvuzuelas. Argh!
I was one of the people who experienced the perfectly timed ITV HD outage last night too.
How often have you seen that happen? I have lost count of the number of times 10 men beat 11
Am with you, expected more, I know the first games aren't usually the best, but, come on... this is rubbish.
With ya there. Adrian Chiles apology was just.not.enough
I remember, few seasons back, Spurs v Everton. Everton go down to 10 men early on and go on to win 2-0.
PENALTY!!
PENALTY!
Obvious handball there.
What was he thinking?
Watch him miss the pen now we've got all excited
Bet he misses.
First games are usually disappointing
Hahaha oh dear. Right over the goal? What are the chances....
Heh, perhaps not.
Good pen!
Ops. He scores. :D
This game has went up 4/5 gears.
Ghana goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iL2_vZerZs&feature=player_embedded
FULL TIME. GHANA WINS!
Full time, Serbia 0-1 Ghana. First African victory of the tournament.
Switchover for F1?
1st back to football. Positively horrid RB showing. :(
Oooh. Wembley look-alike.
Come on Germany! Get the goals flowing in this tournament!
Here we go, am hoping this will be a good match.
Part of the F1 national anthem again.
Another team in white???
German national anthem reminds me of Schumacher. Luckily they're not playign Italy so it wont be followed up by the Italian one :D
#sorrychristine
#walesplayinredthough
Possible full anthem during the semis if Italy make it. :D
But the Germans have ALWAYS played (and won) in white.
Whereas Wales have always played in red and, urm, lost.
oops.
Hehehe.
That would be weird, but kinda fun.
Why is Zakumi not appearing in every match? I want to see the mascot! :(
New Zealand play in white and lose. Being called the All Whites kind of gives us a right to the colour though. Everyone else should change.
If you were the ref you could tell them white clashes with whatever the other team wear and make them change
PHILIPP!!! (reminds me of sebastian, actually)
All Whites doesn't quite sound as good as All Blacks
Or, seeing as I started watching football first, Seb reminds me of him.
(hearts) Lahm.
sometimes they wear black too, they are such liars.
:D
You like your defenders :)
And am proud of it. Torres-Villa is my vice, though.
BTW, why are the 'green-and-gold' team in black?
so who's supporting who today?
I mean deep dark almost black blue.
Australia for me
Germany all the way.
Oooooooooooh good start by cahill :D
who should i support?
and why?
Good block by Philipp. Thank god they have defenders at both poles.
GERMANY
cause they have cute players
I mean they have more pedigree in football. ;)
ok
But don't they normally beat us?
Does Ballack still play for germany or is he too old? I'll support them if he still plays. I like him.
For those of you new to football Germany always start these championships badly then get better then always get at least to the semi-finals
like us?
He is out injured. His replacement for the captainship is wayyy cooler though.
Australia because they got eliminated unfairly in the last world cup :(
You mean the finals. They always seem to appear there whether they were good before or not.
what happened?
BREAK! COME ON!
Nope. England have only ever got as far as the semi twice
Italy cheated. As usual.
:)
Italy cheated and got a penalty in the last minute after Australia were plying far better than them all game
Podolski already!
LUKAS SCORESSSS!
He's onside too, well played
nice shot
I call for at least 3 goals. Maybe 5? :P
3-2 to australia *runs*
Germany will probably win
Did he know that other guy was there? He was so far behind him!
If Australia scores 2 it will probably be 5-2. Germany is good at the 'you score four we score more' thing. RE: Turkey in Euro08.
Instinct. Mannshaft works as a team. ;)
Still very sad that Robert Enke isn;t around to be Germany's No. 1 in goals :( he was a good keeper.
I realised Lukas quite possibly play better for Germany than any of his clubs. Which is a nice change from the usual star players playing well for their clubs and failing for their country.
Very sad
Hehehe yellow carded for diving!
:( RIP.
He was a very troubled man.
I wonder how this referee would deal with CR. ;)
We are having a discussion... what exactly does a captain do? If you could relate it to F1 that would help :)
He makes the team orders :P
Nah a captain is the main figurehead for the players in the team, someone to organise them on the pitch and be the main focus of the team I suppose. Perhaps see them as a link between the manager and the players...
Ah.
Because Mr C said a goalkeeper could be captain, but I thought they should be more Gerrard-y and run around in the middle.
Absoloutly nothing,
Its completly meaningless, although the press get very excited about the "honour of it all".
I guess its a bit like an unimportant lollypop man who just tosses a coin
Like Rob!
He should also keep the players calm. Stop them getting angry and getting themselves sent off unnecessarily etc.
I wouldn't say it's meaningless unless your team has a really crappy captain.
Captainship can depend on position. Inspirational midfielders like Zinedine tend to make everyone perform better just with his presence. Leading strikers like Raul bag goals and decide how the attack works. Defensive captains like Fabio Cannavaro organize defense and are usually the most like a manager. Goalkeeper captains like San Iker and pushy and penalty heroes.
You discuss things outside the comments.
His duties are limited. He is responsible for deciding whether to call heads or tails in the coin toss at the start. If the referee decides a team is not behaving he can ask the captain to have a word with them to calm things down
But we fail!
I was thinking like Rob. Stay cool Felipe, stay cool!!
He'd be a good calming influence. :D
Surely force india has the same top speed? same engine? they cant have better aero?
Damn. No one got to that. :(
what a miss
How did he miss that?!!!!
KLOSE! You fail! :(
Also
Miroslav Klose = David Tennant
Can someone explain what the vuvuzela are actually for?
Lukas would have BURIED that.
Making noise :D
http://caixapretafc.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/klose.jpg
http://animoscrypt.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/david-tennant-26.jpg
:D
I bet even Tennant would have buried that.
Oooooh. Nice run by Philipp.
Would've gone back in time and tried again
2-0, Tennant scores
better
Klose scores. well.
Apparently it is what South African fans do rather than sing, chant or question the referees parentage
I'm gonna say 5-0 Germany
Look at that pin-point cross! Philipp = AWESOME. :D
Well done David tennant
More annoying, and you can't fault them for saying bad words. ;)
Please ignore my previous comment about Germany always starting badly. CLearly I don't know what I am talking about
Yet another fail bicycle kick. Why do these lesser teams try for the spectacular when they can't even do the basics well?
I think it's rude of them to go against what you said
If I'd known he played, I would have started watching football a lot earlier.
:D
:D
off the line!
germany are destroying them
Lol. Over-confident there. :D
hehe, is DC having a Beer?
looked like that hurt :(
That did. And Germany can't afford to lose Bastian. :(
Aw... Muller did a great run there.
There is someone called Emerson? I thought he was stewarding.
impressive control
:D
Emerton not Emerson
Although one of Middlesbrough's more famous players in the past was called Emerson
ROFL
I make that 5 or 6 chances that should've been scored now
Look at Philipp being awesome again! If Germany wins this whole thing, I bet he'll be player of the tournament. :D
That was just a little behind him so he was stretching back to head it
Okay. That was the 7th chance.
these people are really good
I was expecting him to go down then :)
why can't we do this?
That man was good!
Well done on Mark though. #IcantbelieveIsaidthat
Because you aren't Germany? Germany be it East, West or combined, has always done football proud.
Maybe we could swap their shirts with Englands? That my be their power, they look similar, they won;t notice
:D
best plan yet
How is it Germany aren't the favourites? Spain must be reeeeeally good.
Aussie captain ain't happy.
I worry that Australia were playing the wrong sport in their preperation.
Although they should easily qualify for a Aussie Rules Football world cup
Oh just you watch. They pass just like this except both their strikers would have scored 14 goals from those 7 chances.
Do you think we should have David Tennant on our dream team?
We should!
You can explain Aussie rules to Christine when she asks. Any sport with four goal posts at each end and gives points for a behind is something I refuse to try to explain
You've got me saying We now, I'm not even english!
Yes please. :D
:D
We should have lookalikes
interestingly, i've never said "we" anything about f1.
Based on transworld sport, what you do is fight people on a cricket pitch and have a man standing behind 4 poles who points when you do the thing on the ball
It's a Sidepoddreamteam, nothing to do with countries.
that annoys me too. "Oh, you missed the goal? never mind, have a point for trying"
I know. 4 goal posts and no crossbar. How can you not score?
What is David Tennant's real name?
Bah. 2-0 only. I want a record breaking match!
Half-time break.
Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose
That half went very quick didnt it?
Sidepoddreamteam so far: http://sidepodcast.wikia.com/wiki/Sidepoddreamteam_-_2010_World_Cup
very. i thought itv screwed up again :)
:D
His middle name is Marian?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Klose
Tons of opportunities and good fluid football.
Best match of the tournament so far, though I bet Netherlands will bring more of the same tomorrow.
Holland are my chosen team to win it, I like something different :)
But they dropped Ruud altogether. :(
mental celebrations
its edgar davids!!!!
Is that the Nistleroy fella?
I would have Novak Djokovic. Because I like him as a tennis player so I'm sure I'd like him as a football player.
Yes
Amazingly, Eurovision celebrations were bigger
#onlyingermany
Helllo everyone
OMG How?
I didnt realise he was a pundit. He had the best glasses ever
Amazing, Christine.
Hey RG
I don't actually know.
Shame he isn't still playing. He would have made the SPC dream team for playing in gadget glasses
:D
And was awesome for Spurs, so +10 points.
gratuitous ab shot
You are doing great so far, Christine.
Nistelrooy, though
Sleep
Siphiwe Tshabalala (bless you!) - South Africa
:D:D:D
I sense an RG rankings.
forums not finished!
Ah-ha :)
That south african player name reminds me of eric djemba djemba
So bad he had his silly name twice
If Amy can have Djoker on the team, I call for Fernando Alonso.
Or actually any random Fernando will do. I bet they're all good at sports anyway. :D
James May is on the german coaching team!!
There is an Alonso in the SPanish team
Xabi(er). I want a FERNANDO. :P
there is?
awesome!
You have one.
Torres.
:P
2 actually. We also have Llorente. But Fernandos from other sports seem more fun. How about Verdasco?
*sigh*
om nom nom. In some pictures he looks a bit like Delicious.
Was on a great Liverpool side. Then he left and they dropped to 7th.
Really good at half-line goals.
James Corden and Boris Becker. I can think of no one more qualified to talk about the world cup. Except maybe me.
:D
Seconded.
Wow, what a stupid start
I just love showing that every now and then up here.
:D
Scoring two consecutive half-line goals was classic. I remember Stevie G's face. :D
oooh. Penalty?
Can we have another goal now please?
They've been out there five minutes. It's about time. :)
It would be nice to have a game with more than two goals in it.
Joachim Low (Germany manager) did say that he wants his players to go out and humiliate the other team so more goals are necessary
:D
Aussies passing better now. Not giving Germany possession as much.
played
That would have been awesome.
OMG. Miss. :(
Whoever manages the Aussies musta gave them a bit of a team talk.
What can I say? Philipp is a fantastic captain. :P
That was odd... it changed to the daily but i didnt do anything. Silly firefox.
anyways, shouldve been 3-0
That would be Pim Verbeek.
Looking at this, can't believe Germany were 14/1 to win this.
kylie minogue is not a good motivator I guess
they were ace in the 1st half
In a good way, or in a bad way?
They have some good sneaky... whatever their called. Moves. Passes. Sneakiness.
Red card
Straight RED for Tim!
another red card!!!
ANOTHER red card? This is getting ridiculous
Never a straight red
ouch...
is that a red?
:D That would be the German way.
what did he do wrong?
Yes
Bad call from the ref, only a yellow that.
No, looked a bit bad from one angle but it wasnt that bad, maybe a yellow
He said sorry and everything. Boo.
Oooh. Sliding in from the back. Not smart Tim, especially when you ply your trade in the EPL.
can we give the ref a red card?
Shouldve got a 10 second penalty in the dressing room
It was a foul and definitely a yellow car but as the commentator said there was nothing malicious about it
That makes no difference. For example, you can't headbutt someone, then say, sorry mate, and get away with it
It was slightly high tackle from the back. Harsh, but within the referee's rights.
what??
Never heard that as a reason not to card someone before :)
Is this guy celebrating christmas?! He loves his cards.
They didn't even touch that time?
+1
:)
Good shot, good save
Oooh. Good save.
Yea, but even as he was sliding he knew it was bad, held his hand up, said sorry. Like everyone is saying, no malice or nothing. I've seen loads of more aggressive things that haven't been given anything. Football is weird.
heehee. Tiny Philipp out-jumps the tall Aussie.
WHAT?!
rubbish germany!
How is this not 5 or 6-0?
There was a guy wide opn on his left and he didn't pass it
Coulda been a pen that...
david tennant is shocked
It is not for the agression (I think). It was the fact that it was a sliding tackle from the back.
:D
Lots of footballers hold their hands up to say sorry as they foul an opponent. Not many of them are sorry though
Its against the rules basically.
He keeps saying urzel and I keep thinking of the wurzels.
Yup.
Okay. Seems stupid, but I know nothing!
Klose could have been closer.
Brilliant commentary.
Philipp is not happy with his attackers. :(
That is a bright referee's shirt, very distracting.
Tackling someone from behind can cause bad injuries so it is not allowed
Sliding tackles from the back have a habit of causing really bad injuries. Like broken legs. It is a better safe than sorry thing.
:D
:D
with an extra man, germany seem... worse.
Australia desperate. Sending on another striker.
missed opportunities getting to them, I think.
Not uncommon. Quite often the team with ten men feel a sense on injustice and really step up
I am disappointed we have not seen more of Man Utd's star goalscorer Own Goal at this tournament, own goal has been prolific for them this year
Klose! !!!
how did he miss that again!? Cmon tennant, sort it out. You fought the daleks many times, im sure you can kick a ball
He is like that Polish driver the Irish police had trouble with
I think he peaked during Japan's warm up games.
:)
"..who has only recently become a german"
eh?
Nice goal
FINALLY!
and crunch corner scores!!!
I mean, Muller
Goal!
Finally, 3 goals in a match. Thank you Germany.
I thought maybe it was Yvan.
David Tennant is off.
:D
I am still not satisfied (and neither is Joachim I bet). MORE!!!
We want four. We want four.
He's got a foe to face - traffic
Football nationality is not like normal nationality.
Firstyou can play for thcounty you were born in, either of your parents were born in or any of your grand parents were born in. After that it gets complicated but some people qualify for 6 or 7 countries
That was a poor poor cross
oh christ
FOUR!!!
Stunningly beautiful
Woah!!
Fabulous
And it's 4!
:)
Basically, if you want to play internationals badly enough, you can always get a country to want you. If in doubt, come to Singapore.
Footballers are bilingual in their own special way
There's more in this... Might make Argentina 6-0 Serbia and Montenegro look like a scrappy 1-0 win.
I think I can play for France cos my great great great great great great grandparents were born there.
It is annoying me that Australia have someone called Colina because all I can think of is this
http://bsbingo.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/collina.jpg
Remember folks, if we finish second in our group. This is who we get to play.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacau
Although Cacau was born in Brazil, he was never called up by the Brazilian national team.
In February 2009, he became eligible to play for Germany after he acquired a German passport[7] having lived and played in Germany for over 5 years.[8]
1 minute 52!
:D Be prepared for a trashing.
and if we come first?
Australia, serbia or ghana
At the moment, Ghana
Germany loves the right wing, where their captain plays. Might help to put Stevie G on that side.
Whoever finishes second in this group. So if Germany lose one and draw one of their two remaining games you get them
we really need to win!
blimey.
That's assuming Ghana don't beat Germany of course. Oh wait.
The red card: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb23LYXzxZc&feature=player_embedded
:D
XDD
And teams have been known to lose games they should win to get the opponent they want
My commentator talking about how poor Michael 'Runner-Up' Ballack is no longer captain just as Germany performs at its best.
Bear in mind Germany always get better as the tournament progresses. This is them at the worst they will be
That's reassuring.
What a co-incidence.
Don't knock Michael Ballack!?
Germany's third: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOPXVS1-40&feature=player_embedded
And Germany's fourth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bZulmRh8F4&feature=player_embedded
:D
Philipp is better. :P
Muller coming back to help. Yay.
I really want a Muller Rice :(
I don't even know who that is. I might smile and nod at this point.
do they fa pull those like the fia?
fifa, not the fa
Oh no, I just see them put up on another site and share it...
Philipp Lahm? Best full-back in the world? Man-of-the-match for 3 of Germany's 7 Euro08 games? Really good looking guy with the captain's armband?
thanks a lot RG. ;)
I don't really do football. I just like Michael Ballack.
Germany's last three opening games:
Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia
Germany 4-2 Costa Rica
Germany 4-0 Australia
Yeah.
Lck of communication, both players went for the ball
cool. ta.
What? You mean they habitually make me look bad?
Guess I haven't been paying enough attention to recent tournaments
I want 5. Come on Germany!
Woooo! *waves flag*
They did play badly against Costa Rica though. Just that Costa Rica was even worse.
And I just corrected a journalist on that score too. I'm proud of myself.
... wha?
So the Germans have on Brazilian, one Turk, two Poles.. Are any of them actually German?
Their captain. And manager.
3 minutes added on
Mr commentator, the keeper goes up when they are 1 goal behind, not 4.
Another christmas card for diving
LOL. Another dive.
:D
Typical Germans.
FULL TIME! No 5th goal :(
Well, Germany. Impressive. Very impressive.
Too many goals in that game. Not competitive enough ;)
If you get a red card, you can't play in the next match.
Do yellow cards carry forward for matches too?
Brightened my day though. Yay for Philipp's World Cup captaincy debut!
Only if you get 2.
Yes for the group stages. Then the slate gets wiped clean for the knock out rounds.
Yep
In different matches, obviously if you got 2 in one you'd be sent off.
Gotcha.
Oh goodness. I suppose it is my turn for World Cup post writing.
I think your yellow cards count for all the group stage before they're wiped. If you get a 2nd in another match you're not sent off there and then but you're suspended for the next game. Your team are never a man down though.
If you wish, I can do tomorrow's. The Dutch should be fun. ;)
I'm gonna miss the Dutch :( Boo
Ooh, yay! Another day for me to swot up :)
I've scheduled everything weeks before to ensure I don't miss a single match. But especially Spain's. ;)
And you get to talk about the one of the best teams in the world.
new zealand?
I sadly cant organise exams. Only 2 to go thankfully.
go north korea!
That should be group G or H. :P
Ironic that two of the worst teams play their games on the same day.
:D
This angle makes Philipp look really like Sebastian. o.O
Aw. Good luck!
Thanks!
Dear Alex. I believe thats the best way to watch football.....by not watching it....